Women's downhill skiing event Feb. 17, 2010

American Lindsey Vonn celebrates her gold medal run in the finish area at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday morning. Vonn and Julia Mancuso went 1-2 in the women's downhill race.
Photo by John F. Russell

Julia Mancuso celebrates after moving into first place in Wednesday's downhill race at Whistler Creekside in British Columbia. Mancuso's time earned her the silver medal in the race.
Photo by John F. Russell

American Lindsey Vonn celebrates her gold medal run in the finish area at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday morning. Vonn took the gold, and her teammate Julia Mancuso won silver in the women's downhill event.
Photo by John F. Russell

American Lindsey Vonn celebrates her gold medal run in the finish area at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday morning. Vonn and American teammate Julia Mancuso went 1-2 in the women's downhill race.
Photo by John F. Russell

Lindsey Vonn celebrates her gold medal run in women's downhill skiing at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday morning.
Photo by John F. Russell

Not all the tears at the Whistler Creekside downhill venue were tears of joy. Swiss skier Dominique Gisin reacts after taking a bad spill in her run Wednesday morning.
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Don Dahlgren, his grandson Beck, and family friend Mack Anderson at the women's downhill venue in Whistler, British Columbia, on Wednesday.
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American downhill ski fans Arnold Blinn and Leslie Brewer, of Seattle, show their support for the American skiers during Wednesday's women's downhill event at Whistler Creekside.
Photo by John F. Russell